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noun
A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper; a gambol; a prank, a trick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: caper, capriccio, curvet, gag, gambade, high jinks, lark, marlock, monkeyshine, practical joke, prank, prat, reak, rag, shenanigan, trick, windup
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A fantastical thing or work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: caprice, boutade, capriccio, conceit, crotchet, delirament, fancy, fangle, figary, flisk, freak, kink, lark, maggot, megrim, spleen, toy, vagary, whim, whim-wham, whimsy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A type of Renaissance landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual and often fictional setting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: painting
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
History
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Vulgar Latin capus Old Italian capo Proto-Indo-European *ǵhḗrder. Latin ērīcius Old Italian riccio Old Italian caporiccio Italian capricciobor. English capriccio Borrowed from Italian capriccio. Doublet of caprice.
Across languages
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